The Orleans Elementary Parent Teacher Community Association’s (PTCA), “Outside the Owl’s Nest” recognition goes to Butler’s Bus Service. “Outside the Owl’s Nest” is an initiative that the Orleans PTCA is taking on to better embrace the community aspect of its ... More »
by Joseph Gresser EAST BURKE — Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver who has been working to unravel the EB-5 fraud perpetrated by the former owner of Jay Peak Resort, appears to be coming to the end of his labors. On Friday he asked U.S. District ... More »
Paula E. Perron Paula E. Perron, #20, 54, of Barton — a beloved wife, mother, sister, and friend — died peacefully on April 15, 2025, in Newport, surrounded by her loving family. Anyone who knew Paula knew that her family was her world. She fought with strengt... More »
by Maria Amador MONTPELIER — While the imposition of tariffs remains at once looming and elusive, state officials and businesses on both sides of the border are trying to prepare for the worst. Some have already started living it. That was the theme at a join... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — A Newport Center woman is facing four charges of reckless endangerment and one of reckless or grossly negligent driving after police say she rear-ended two vehicles on April 6. Forty-six-year-old Jana Leigh appeared in the Criminal ... More »
by Maria Amador CRAFTSBURY — On April 9, House Representative Leanne Harple of West Glover was among several speakers at a Craftsbury Schools Forum. She discussed her recent work on the education bill H.454, and said she planned to vote aye for a versio... More »
David Kenyon David Alan Kenyon, 78, of Derby and Colchester, died peacefully on March 10, 2025, at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 29, 1947, to Willie Mae Burkett, in Burlington. Soon after... More »
On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Vermont State Police, Orleans Fire Department and Orleans EMS, responded to the area of 2548 Barton Orleans Road in the Town of Barton, VT, for a report of a two-vehicle crash. Through investigation it was revealed that the ope... More »
by Matthew Wilson COVENTRY — Eventually winter’s ice and snow is bound to melt. When it thaws, waters rise, and anyone who has ever put too many ice cubes in a drink knows that frozen chunks can complicate things. Coventry is a community that sometimes exper... More »
by Maria Amador BARTON — Cold and rain weren’t enough to deter those Vermonters opposed to President Donald Trump’s executive actions from spending Saturday protesting in the Kingdom. On Barton’s Village Square and Newport’s Main Street, hundreds stood with s... More »
by Matthew Wilson DERBY LINE — Members of the public discussed the Haskell Free Library and Opera House at the Derby Line Village Annual Meeting on April 1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s decision to bar Canadians from walking to the building’s main e... More »
by Joseph Gresser BURLINGTON — Two admitted drug dealers will spend more than 12 years in prison after they changed their pleas to guilty on federal charges of selling fentanyl and cocaine in Orleans County. On March 31, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessi... More »
